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Stories tagged with: Species
5 Things You Need to Know About Wildlife Corridors
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http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/five-things-you-n...
We live in a very inter-connected world. This is something that conservationists have learned when studying the species that they are trying to protect; It's not good enough to create protected habitats that are isolated, like islands surrounded by roads, fences, farmlands, cities, etc. That's not how most species have evolved.
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Amazing video of baby monkey
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http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/videos/amazing-vide...
For the first time in eight years,a baby black tamarin, a species of critically endangered monkey,
has been born outside of its native Brazil, at a wildlife park in England.
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Submitted by jackwillstone
8 months, 1 week, 6 days, 8 hours agoTags: amazing, monkey, Species, born 
Family adopts cub
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http://beta.news.yahoo.com/photos/family-adopts-cub-13069525...
ADDING SPECIES OF BEAR Brown bear (Ursus arctos) cub Medo plays with the Logar family dog in Podvrh village,
central Slovenia June 1, 2011. The Slovenian Logar family has adopted the three-and-half-month-old bear cub
that strolled into their yard about 30 days ago.
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Massive Volcanism May Have Caused Biggest Extinction Ever
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http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/12/siberian-traps/
The greatest extinction in the history of life may have been caused, in part, by ozone-depleting gases spewed in a massive volcanic eruption, a new study suggests. Geologists have found surprisingly high amounts of the elements fluorine and chlorine in Siberian lavas dating back 250 million years — when about 90 percent of marine species and 70 percent of terrestrial species went extinct.
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More species slide to extinction
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11630355
One fifth of animal and plant species are under the threat of extinction, a global conservation study has warned.
Scientists who compiled the Red List of Threatened Species say the proportion of species facing wipeout is rising.
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Submitted by sarahmartin
15 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 4 hours agoTags: extinction, Species, conservation 
Equity of Test Is Debated as Children Compete for Gifted Kindergarten
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/education/26winerip.html?r...
Because test prep “boot camp” and $145-an-hour tutoring is available to those who can pay, children from wealthy families have an advantage, some parents say.
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20 New Species from the Lost World
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http://www.greenexpander.com/2007/10/15/20-new-species-from-...
New animals species are constantly discovered, even if they’re in a smaller number than those lost forever. After rounding upthe rarest animals in the world and the most endangered animals in the world, here is a list of the new species recently discovered in the world, including pictures and information on their habitat
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Encyclopedia of Life
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http://www.eol.org/
Like WikiPedia for every species on Earth, but maintained by scientists only. Incredible way of presenting info...
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Submitted by Ankit
57 months, 3 weeks, 4 days, 19 hours agoTags: Species, science, reference, encyclopedia
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